MARATHON CITY COUNCIL TACKLES INJECTION WELL SITE & FINALIZES HOTEL ORDINANCE
A light agenda for the Marathon City Council’s April session saw a quiet close to a hotly-debated hotel and motel ordinance, as well as renewed debate over...
FUGITIVE MARATHON PASTOR WANTED FOR ASSAULTING 15-YEAR-OLD CAUGHT IN TEXAS
A Marathon pastor facing charges for molesting a 15-year-old girl has been apprehended in Texas just four days after skipping his April 1 arraignment, Monroe County Sheriff...
BREAKING: MARATHON TO CONVERT SOMBRERO BOULEVARD FLOODING TO NATURAL TIDAL LAGOON
In a shocking turn of events, the city of Marathon will redevelop a constantly-flooded portion of Sombrero Boulevard as a “natural, tidal community lagoon” by the end...
35 MARATHON NONPROFITS VIE FOR $150K IN CITY GRANTS
Middle Keys nonprofit representatives filled the Marathon City Council chambers on March 25 to make their cases as council members prepared to evaluate applications for the city’s...
‘NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY’ FOR TWO MEN FOUND DEAD IN MARATHON
Investigators from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit continue to investigate the deaths of two men found early in the morning on March 22, MCSO...
7-MILE OFFSHORE GRAND PRIX TO SPEED INTO MARATHON APRIL 26-28
Powerful offshore boats racing at high speeds near the world-famous Seven Mile Bridge will show their muscle Friday through Sunday, April 26-28, when the 7-Mile Offshore Grand...
THIS WEEKEND: 48TH MARATHON SEAFOOD FESTIVAL BRINGS THE PARTY TO THE MIDDLE KEYS
In just two more days, it’s time for a weekend of seafood, music and friends – plus a few beers – at the 48th Original Marathon Seafood...
KEY COLONY BEACH PREPS FOR CITY HALL REOPENING & COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT
Though the long-term fate of Key Colony Beach’s city hall building remains to be seen, portions of the building are set to reopen in the coming weeks,...
DOING THE ‘IMPOSSIBLE’: PIGEON KEY SURGES FORWARD WITH HISTORY & ACCESSIBILITY
The Pigeon Key Express began bringing visitors out to one of the Middle Keys’ most historic islands in 2022. But ask the island’s head honcho, and Pigeon...
ORIGINAL MARATHON SEAFOOD FESTIVAL BLENDS BOUNTY FROM THE SEA WITH FAMILY FUN MARCH 9-10
Fresh seafood is on the menu at the Original Marathon Seafood Festival, scheduled Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10, and featuring local shrimp, lobster and stone crab alongside...
